Telecoms regulator Ofcom tells BT Group to cut the wholesale prices it charges for use of its lines

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He’s rising to the challenge of his rival, as the lyrics go — but Newt Gingrich might want to reconsider using the song “ Eye of the Tiger ”at rallies. A songwriter from the group Survivor has filed a lawsuit to prevent Gingrich from using the song for his entrance theme at rallies. Mitt Romney has also used the song at rallies, but he was not named in the suit. Read full article > >

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ON MAY 29, 2008, D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) met with representatives of a District business who were pressing their bid for the city’s lottery contract. Allegations have emerged, most recently in a report by D.C. Inspector General Charles J. Willoughby, that the council member offered to drop his opposition to the group’s bid if one of its members would agree to withdraw from a separate real estate deal with Metro, on whose board Mr. Graham sat. As this page reported Wednesday , Mr. Graham flatly denied that he ever made such an offer. Read full article > >

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A series of bombings by Nigerian Islamist militants Boko Haram kills about 150 people in the city of Kano, in the group’s deadliest attack to date.

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Will give the group’s response to President’s state of the union address.

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While the 1 percent has become a catch-all to describe the very wealthy, the members of this group are diverse, especially in where they live, what they believe politically and just how rich they are.

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A former U.S. soldier trained in cryptology and intelligence was charged Monday with attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization after he flew to Africa in an unsuccessful bid to join al-Shabab, a group with links to al-Qaeda, authorities said. Craig B. Baxam, 24, of Laurel told FBI agents that he had no contacts with al-Shabab and only a haphazard plan to connect with the group when he boarded a flight out of Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint. But he said he shared al-Shabab’s religious beliefs — at least as he had read them on an Islamic Web site — and he considered himself obligated to move to land the group controlled in Somalia. Read full article > >

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Craig Baxam, ex-U.S. soldier, charged with trying to aid terror group al-Shabab

The chair of the Welsh Language Society – Cymdeithas yr Iaith – says the group will have to change “radically” in its 50th year.

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Hackers targeted Stratfor, a global intelligence company, but it was unclear Sunday evening whether the breach and apparent release of credit card information was the work of the group Anonymous.

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Seven public figures have settled their claims against News of the World publisher News Group over phone hacking, News International says.

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Crude oil prices sagged Wednesday after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to boost its official production quotas to 30 million barrels a day, about where the group’s actual output has been running. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the price of the benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell to $94.90 a barrel, down more than 5 percent. Read full article > >

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Oil prices drop as OPEC decides to raise quotas

High Street shoe chain Barratts Priceless Group is placed into administration, placing the jobs of 3,840 people at risk.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a conservative Jewish audience Wednesday that his first foreign trip as president would be to Israel, contrasting his strong support for the Jewish state with President Obama ’s policies, which he said had “chastened” the long-time Middle East ally. Romney spoke to the Republican Jewish Coalition, one of six GOP presidential candidates invited to do so. Rep. Ron Paul (Texas) was not asked to speak to the group because of what organizers called his troubling policy toward Israel, perhaps stemming from Paul’s comments that he would cut foreign aid to Israel and other nations (see live-streaming video of the whole conference here ). Read full article > >

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When the jurors sat around a table to decide Brittany Norwood’s fate they started by polling the group: Who was leaning toward first-degree murder? All hands went up . Read full article > >

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Lufthansa announces that it is selling British Midland (BMI) to International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways and Iberia.

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